With reference to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) wage revisions, consider the following statements:
1. The annual wage revisions under MGNREGA are determined based on the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW).
2. For the financial year 2025-26, Haryana recorded the highest daily wage limit for unskilled manual workers in the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

With reference to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) wage revisions, consider the following statements:
1. The annual wage revisions under MGNREGA are determined based on the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW).
2. For the financial year 2025-26, Haryana recorded the highest daily wage limit for unskilled manual workers in the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

B. 2 only — Statement 1 is incorrect because MGNREGA wage rates are linked to the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL), not CPI-IW. Statement 2 is correct as Haryana's revised wage for FY 2025-26 reached ₹400 per day, the highest in India.

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